FACTORING

factorization, factorisation, factoring

(noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

factoring (plural factorings)

A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.

(math) The process of factorization.

Verb

factoring

present participle of factor

Source: Wiktionary

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Fac"tor*ing, n. (Math.)

Definition: The act of resolving into factors.

FACTOR

Fac"tor, n. Etym: [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact.]

1. (Law)

Definition: One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.

2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

3. (Math.)

Definition: One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.

4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.

Fac"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.)

Definition: To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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